Definition and Context
Pining, in a biblical context, refers to a state of languishing or wasting away, often due to grief, longing, or unfulfilled desire. It is a condition of deep emotional or spiritual distress that can manifest physically, emotionally, or spiritually. The term is not frequently used in modern translations of the Bible, but the concept is present in various passages that describe the human experience of sorrow, longing, and spiritual desolation.

Biblical References
While the specific term "pining" may not appear in the Berean Standard Bible, the concept is illustrated in several passages that describe the human condition of deep yearning or distress.

1. Leviticus 26:39 : "Those of you who survive will waste away in the lands of their enemies because of their iniquity; they will also waste away because of the iniquities of their fathers." This verse speaks to the Israelites' experience of pining away due to the consequences of their sins and the sins of their ancestors. The term "waste away" captures the essence of pining as a result of spiritual and physical decline.

2. Ezekiel 24:23 : "Your turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins and groan among yourselves." Here, the prophet Ezekiel conveys a message of impending judgment, where the people will experience a form of pining as they waste away due to their iniquities, highlighting the connection between sin and spiritual desolation.

3. Psalm 119:81 : "My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word." Although the term "pining" is not used, the psalmist expresses a deep longing and yearning for God's deliverance, akin to the emotional and spiritual state of pining.

Theological Implications
Pining, as depicted in the Bible, often results from a separation from God or a consequence of sin. It serves as a reminder of the spiritual and emotional toll that sin and disobedience can have on individuals and communities. The experience of pining can lead to a deeper awareness of one's need for repentance and reconciliation with God.

Spiritual Application
For believers, the concept of pining can serve as a call to examine one's spiritual state and relationship with God. It encourages introspection and a return to God through repentance and faith. The Bible offers hope and restoration for those who find themselves in a state of pining, emphasizing God's readiness to forgive and renew those who seek Him earnestly.

Conclusion
While the Bible acknowledges the reality of pining as a human experience, it also offers a pathway to healing and restoration through faith in God. The scriptures encourage believers to turn to God in times of distress, trusting in His promises and seeking His presence for comfort and renewal.1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pine.

2. (a.) Languishing; drooping; wasting away, as with longing.

3. (a.) Wasting; consuming.

PINING SICKNESS

pin'-ing, sik'-nes: In the account of the epileptic boy in Mark 9:18 it is said that "he pineth away." The verb used here (xeraino) means "to dry up," and is the same which is used of the withering of plants, but seldom used in this metaphorical sense. The English word is from the Anglo-Saxon pinjan and is often found in the Elizabethan literature, occurring 13 times in Shakespeare. In the Old Testament it is found in Leviticus 26:39 (bis) and in Ezekiel 24:23 and 33:10. In the Revised Version (British and American) it replaces "consume" in Ezekiel 4:17. In all these passages it is the rendering of the Hebrew maqaq, and means expressly being wasted on account of sin. In Leviticus 26:16 "pine away" is used in the Revised Version (British and American) to replace "cause sorrow of heart," and is the translation of the Hebrew dubh; and in Deuteronomy 28:65 "sorrow of mind" is also replaced in the Revised Version (British and American) by "pining of soul," the word so rendered being de'abhon, which in these two passages is expressive of homesickness. In Isaiah 24:16 the reduplicated exclamation, "my leanness," of the King James Version is changed into "I pine away," the word being razi. The starving people in Lamentations 4:9 are said to pine away, the word so translated being zubh. All these Hebrew words have a general meaning of to dry or to waste or wear away, or to be exhausted by morbid discharges.

Pining sickness in Isaiah 38:12 the King James Version is a mistranslation, the word so rendered, dallah, meaning here the thrum by which the web is tied to the loom. The figure in the verse is that Hezekiah's life is being removed from the earth by his sickness as the web is removed from the loom by having the thrums cut, and being then rolled up. Both the King James Version margin and the Revised Version margin have the correct reading, "from the thrum." Septuagint has erithou eggizouses ektemein, and Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) dum adhuc ordirer, succidit me. The other reading is due to another interpretation of the word which in a few passages, as Jeremiah 52:15, like its root dal, means something small, poor, and decaying or weak, such as the lean kine of Pharaoh's dream (Genesis 41:19).

Alexander Macalister

3631. killayon -- failing, pining, annihilation
... killayon. 3632 . failing, pining, annihilation. Transliteration: killayon Phonetic
Spelling: (kil-law-yone') Short Definition: destruction. ... pining, destruction ...
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1803. dallah -- hair, thrum
... 1802b, 1803. dallah. 1803a . hair, thrum. Transliteration: dallah Phonetic
Spelling: (dal-law') Short Definition: hair. hair, pining sickness, poorest sort ...
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4352. Maki -- a Gadite
... Machi (1). Machi. Probably from muwk; pining; Maki, an Israelite -- Machi. see
HEBREW muwk. 4351, 4352. Maki. 4353 . Strong's Numbers.
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536. umlal -- feeble
... feeble. Transliteration: umlal Phonetic Spelling: (oom-lal') Short Definition: away.
Word Origin from amal Definition feeble NASB Word Usage pining away (1). ...
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1670. deabah -- faintness, dismay
... sorrow. From da'ab; properly, pining; by analogy, fear -- sorrow. see HEBREW
da'ab. 1669, 1670. deabah. 1671 . Strong's Numbers.
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1769. Dibon -- a city in Moab, also a place in Judah
... Dibon. Or (shortened) Diybon {dee-bone'}; from duwb; pining -- Dibon, the name of
three places in Palestine -- Dibon. (Also, with Gad added, Dibon-gad.). ...
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1671. deabon -- faintness, languishing
... Word Origin from daeb Definition faintness, languishing NASB Word Usage despair
(1). sorrow. From da'ab; pining -- sorrow. see HEBREW da'ab. 1670, 1671. ...
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3616. kaleh -- a failing
... Word Origin from kalah Definition a failing NASB Word Usage yearn (1). fail. From
kalah; pining -- fail. see HEBREW kalah. 3615, 3616. kaleh. 3617 . ...
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3643. Kimham -- an attendant of David, also a place near Bethlehem
... 4). Chimham. From kamahh; pining; Kimham, an Israelite -- Chimham. see HEBREW
kamahh. 3642, 3643. Kimham. 3644 . Strong's Numbers.
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A Word from the Beloved's Own Mouth. "And Ye are Clean. " --John ...
... too many are pining as if they were still miserable sinners, and forgetting that
they are in Christ Jesus forgiven sinners, and therefore ought to be happy in ...
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Of the Affectionate Languishing of the Heart Wounded with Love.
... For not only at that instant, but also his whole life after, this poor
Saint went pining and languishing, as sick with very love. ...
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When travelling lately through the Simplon
... toils of the day, and longing for grateful repose, he dare give no "sleep to his
eyes, nor slumber to his eye-lids." His child may be lying pining in sickness ...
/.../the cities of refuge or the name of jesus/i when travelling lately through.htm

Chrysostom -- Excessive Grief at the Death of Friends
... to Lazarus. Outwardly, wounds; but underneath these, unspeakable wealth;
a body pining away, but a spirit noble and wakeful. We ...
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Further Proofs, from Ezekiel. Summary of the Prophetic Argument ...
... ye shall not be able to rest: and there shall be instability of the print [1375]
of thy foot: and God shall give thee a wearying heart, and a pining soul, and ...
/.../tertullian/an answer to the jews/chapter xi further proofs from ezekiel.htm

Malachy's Pity for his Deceased Sister. He Restores the Monastery ...
... the court, and that for thirty entire days she had tasted nothing; and when he awoke
he soon understood the sort of food for want of which she was pining away. ...
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The Message.
... Many a Lazarus, pining in want, who can claim no heritage but poverty, no home but
cottage walls, or who, stretched on a bed of protracted sickness, is heard ...
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Embassy from John in Prison to Jesus --Death of John --Relations ...
... Whilst joyous Galilee was celebrating in feasts the coming of the well-beloved,
the sorrowful John, in his prison of Machero, was pining away with expectation ...
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Tertullian; Perpetua and Companions (Ad 181-206)
... the guards. But most of all she was distressed about her poor little child,
who was separated from her, and was pining away. Some ...
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Of Death and Dying. --Psalm Xc.
... We've borne the cross these weary years, Now let Thy sun be shining, Vouchsafe us
laughter after tears, And pleasure after pining. And evermore, O Lord! ...
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Pining (6 Occurrences)
... 3. (a.) Wasting; consuming. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. PINING SICKNESS. ... Alexander
Macalister. Multi-Version Concordance Pining (6 Occurrences). ...
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Languishing (6 Occurrences)
... & vb. n.) of Languish. 2. (a.) Becoming languid and weak; pining; losing health
and strength. 3. (a.) Amorously pensive; as, languishing eyes, or look. ...
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Chilion (3 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary The pining one, the younger son of Elimelech and Naomi,
and husband of Orpah, Ruth's sister (Ruth 1:2; 4:9). Int. ...
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Sickness (40 Occurrences)
... or malady. 2. (n.) Nausea; qualmishness; as, sickness of stomach. Int. Standard
Bible Encyclopedia. PINING SICKNESS. pin'-ing, sik ...
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Pinion (4 Occurrences)

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Weaving (4 Occurrences)
... The rendering, "with pining sickness," in Isaiah 38:12 (AV) should be, as in the
Revised Version, "from the loom," or, as in the margin, "from the thrum." We ...
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Weavers (4 Occurrences)
... The rendering, "with pining sickness," in Isaiah 38:12 (AV) should be, as in the
Revised Version, "from the loom," or, as in the margin, "from the thrum." We ...
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Failing (12 Occurrences)
... find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of your foot: but Yahweh will
give you there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul ...
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Thrum (2 Occurrences)
... A misinterpretation of "hanging down" is responsible for the King James' "pining
sickness.". Multi-Version Concordance Thrum (2 Occurrences). ...
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Repose (8 Occurrences)
... find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot: but Jehovah will
give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul ...
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